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Measuring Attentional Biases for Threat in Children and Adults
Published on: October 19, 2014
Jennifer C Britton1, Jenna G Suway2, Michelle A Clementi2
1Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892 USA, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 33146 USA, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742 USA, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, 92120 USA, Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204 USA, and School of Psychological Sciences and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892 USA, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 33146 USA, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742 USA, Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, 92120 USA, Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204 USA, and School of Psychological Sciences and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel j.britton@miami.edu.
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